Here’s The Horrifying Sight Of Dozens Of Innocent Motorbikes Being Crushed By Earth Movers
You might ask yourself why exactly the City of New York and the NYPD decided to obliterate a bunch of motorbikes so publicly (skip to the 29min mark for the actual crushing). Well, it’s all about proving a point. Responding to all the criticism in the comments section of the video, a City of New York Facebook page admin said:
“These vehicles are illegal in the City of New York. We are committed to making the streets of our city completely safe. That means leaving no opportunity for these things to find their way back to our roads and further endanger our fellow New Yorkers. This is the same reason we destroy the guns we confiscate.”
Putting aside the extraordinary wording which compares these machines to firearms, it’s important to note he or she is only half right: they’re illegal to ride on the street in New York, not illegal full stop. And why crush them in some daft publicity stunt which most people will see right through? As many of the commenters suggested, why not auction them off to people who’ll use them properly? Why not indeed…
Video via Lanesplitter
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But why are they illegal?
No headlights, taillights, indicators, and license plates.
if a group of people is not allowed in a city, you give them a new home, you don’t all brutally murder them
Totally agree ^^^
They can crush bikes, but if it’s an animal getting hurt they call it animal abuse. WTF?
The difference is: Animals have feelings, bikes are machines. Sorry, but that’s a bad analogy.
why not shoot and blow up the bikes (original Murika style) :P
I think Top Gear had a more fun way to deal with seized vehicles!
That was because court had ordered to destroy that beaut
Well, it’s certainly an interesting way of destroying them.
So sad to see :-(
so when the economic state of the country is bad, you pay someone to destroy 100.000$?
In what way is this remotely useful to anyone???
Yeah, let’s destroy everything over 30 horses that a civilian can drive… a new state will emerge - Caritiville and then the people outside will BEG to play with the 50 h.p. bumper cars the state provides free for everyone paying their taxes :D! NO LICENCE FOR YOU MISTER POLICE!